How do I play ark offline?

[djones71]

Ok so I use to play ark without internet all the time and now when I try to start the game it won't even start without internet for me to play a local game how do I fix this?

[Creative Cryptid]

You may have accidentally started an update

[Desertworld]

Step1: You press "Start"
Step2: You press "singleplayer"
Step3: You press "Start"

[djones71]

Originally posted by Desertworld:

Step1: You press "Start"
Step2: You press "singleplayer"
Step3: You press "Start"

Yea no

[djones71]

Originally posted by wyattmilkman:

You may have accidentally started an update

How would I have started an update with no internet?

[Vlast]

Start ARK: Survival Evolved
Select Host / Local Play
'Play Single Player', not 'Host Non-Dedicated Multiplayer Session'.
??? Profit.

Not being online shouldn't impede your ability to play SP on ARK.

[Rogue]

If Steam is on-line then Ark will use it. Put Steam off-line and Ark will run sp without it..

[Brass Buckles]

I think Steam requires you to log in/be online once every X amount of time, or else you can't play your games. I don't know the precise timeframe, but if you've been logged out of Steam for several weeks/months/however long, that could be the reason.

Your wording also kind of throws me off... I'm not sure if you're just using "host local" because that's how it was early on, or because you actually have been playing offline without updating for so long that your game doesn't have the singleplayer option under the Host/Local menu--and that option was added months ago.

If you have been logged in on Steam recently, then maybe the game is updating, as others said. You could also check your firewall settings to make sure that it's still allowed through your firewall--I don't know what might remove it, but it can't hurt to double check.

Lastly I will suggest validating your game files. Right click on ARK in your Steam game library list, click "Properties," and one of the tabs should give you the option to validate the integrity of your game files. Do that, and Steam will replace any damaged files. It may or may not help you play the game again.

[djones71]

Originally posted by Mercenary:

Start ARK: Survival Evolved
Select Host / Local Play
'Play Single Player', not 'Host Non-Dedicated Multiplayer Session'.
??? Profit.

Not being online shouldn't impede your ability to play SP on ARK.

as i said i cant start uit it fails to connect to internet and wont start

[djones71]

Originally posted by Old Codger:

If Steam is on-line then Ark will use it. Put Steam off-line and Ark will run sp without it..

it is offline already tried that

[Belvince]

very loose guess: maybe battleeye requires internet? so start ark from steam witht he "no battle eye" option?

[Daywalker]

yes battleye requiries a conection to internet(masterserver) so you need to run without it to play offline mode.